Abdominal supporting corset



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INVENTOB Ephraim Drenshem ATTORNEY Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED STATES retenes EPH'RAIM DBENSHTEIN, OF -BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.l

.ABDOMINAL SUPPORTING CORSET.

Application led June 16,

, This invention relates to corsets and supporters, and particularly to that type wherein an independent abdominal supporter is used in connection with a corset.

A combined abdominal supporter and corset which may be put on by the wearer as a unit and handled as a unit, but in which the supporter and thecorset may be separately adjusted to give the wearer the great- ]0 est comfort while at the same time allowing the adjustment of the parts alternately so that the wearer may attain a. figure of the best possible appearance, has long been sought. o

My invention contemplates the adjustmentv of the supporter independently of whether the corset has been adjusted into operative position or not, the supporter being entirely unconnected tothe corset and unconstrained thereby.

v The various objects of my invention will be clear from the vdescription which follows and from the drawings in which,

Fig'. 1 is an outside view of my improved article of apparel as it appears when opened out substantially flat.

Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the abdominalsupporter and of the corset assembled in the operative relation thereof, both partly adjusted into place.

Fig. 3 is a rear View of my device as it appears in operative position, and

Fig. 4 is a front view of the same. v

In the practical embodiment of my in.- vention I prefer to provide a corset 10, in which elastic members as 11 may be suit- `ably arranged vertically throughout the entire height of the corset for automatically taking up any slight slack in the adjustment thereof to the body of the wearer` and in which the usual laces 12 at the center of they back are provided for accomplishing the major part of the adjustment. The usual cooperating hook and clasp membersl and 14 are provided at the front center edges'of the corset' for securing said corset in position after the laces have been approximately adjusted to t the wearer. In the rear sections 15 of the corset I provide openings as. 16, into which the eyelets illustrated may be inserted, though it will be understood that a vertical slit 'of less extent than the height of the member 15 may be substituted for the eyelets shown. The connections 17 consisting preferably of the tapes shown are passed from the outside yof the l1925. serial No. 37,437.

corset tov the inside thereof, through the eyelets or the slit as the case may be, and are slidable' horizontallyv therein. While said connections 17 are illustrated as tapes or laces, wide strips ofany material suitable for this purpose maybe used in place therev of, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the speciiic form of lac-` ing or the specific form of opening illustrated herein for the purpose of providing adjusting means for the/supporter on'the outside of the corset.

The supporter 18 comprises a. pair of similar separable sections 19 vsuitably securable together` at the front center thereof as by means of the snap fasteners 20, the connecting members 17 .being secured to the rear edge or to any other suitable point on said'sections 19. -Baclr or kidneysupporting members 21 are secured to the rear 'lesA end of the connecting member 17-l and have suitably connected thereto strap .members for the adjustment of theabdominal supporting sections 19. AI. prefer to make one of said strap members as 22 of a singlev piece of material secured to the rear edge of the kidney support 21, while the other strap member 23 is bifurcated as at 24Cr and 25 and similarly connected to the other of said back supporting members, said strap mem-' To put on the corset and supporter, the 1 fastenings 2() of the supporter and l'and 14 of the corset are opened, the laces12 adjusted-to provide the proper width between the corset sections, and thc supporter then put on the body by meansof'the usual horizontal envclopingmovement. The abdominal'supporter is then approximately adjusted in rposition by fastening ythe securing members 20 together, after which the corset may be secured in place by the engagement of the clasp members 13 and "14. After the corset has been put on, it may now become necessary to tighten the abdominal support in order to pull in the abdomen of the wearer tothe required position for producing theslim or slender `figure, which is thepresent highly desired style for women.` *The adjustmentoi' the abdomen is accomplished by pulling the straps22 and 23` in opposite directions substantially parallel to the back, whereby the sections 19 are pulled towel-lfd the rear and the abdomen thereby pulled in.

- After the desired pressureonthe abdomen has been secured by the above described ten sion on thev straps 22 and 423, said straps may then bebrought around to the `:t'ront of the corset as shoun in Fig.4, and theend j of the strap 22 passed through the buclzle 24 and secured in adjusted position. The elastic members l1 of the corset Willautomatically take up the slack which may have been produced in the corset by the tighten-A ingot theabdominal supporter `18, so that thewearer is .given the slender figure Irequired, While the abdomen is properly supported, though the corsetmay be further j adjustedit desired by meansof the laces 12.

Y the abdominal supporter has been adjusted- Vin place. 'It Willbe seen also that the ad justment of the supporter 18 is entirely in-` It will be noted that not only do the straps 22 and 23 themselves serve to support the ligure, but that the back"suppo1-ting members `21 are pressed close t'o, and help to support the back of the `wearer when `feet adjustment `giving any desired equa-lor `may `be obtained.

unequaly 4pressure on the sides of the vbody If the pressure on the side of the abdomen iste be varied, the entire supporterinav be shifted bodily as required. It will also be seen that the corset may be openedfor further adjustment there ot' Without affecting the adjustment of the abdominal supporter, and that thepressure of the abdominal supporter on the figure may be `adjusted `Without changing the adjustment of thecorset. By bringing the straps 22 and 23 around to the front of the wearer it Willv further be seen that said straps serve as an additional support to the figure, other-than that provided by both the corset and the supporter. The corsetis entirely unsecured to and free of the supporter at all points.` so that both of said members may be moved relatively in any direction to eliminate undue pressure at `any particular point on the body. It will finally be seen thatwhile my improved article may be put onatone time `the parts may be separately proper` support is lgiven,to` the abdomen, to

members may be* variedindependently of.'

the adjustment 'of the other' member, that the kidneys and to theentire ligure, and that my 'article is Well adapted to meet the hard conditions of practical use.

n l claimt .j

l. lu an abdolulnal supporting corset, a

corset member havingL openings at 4tlie sides thereof, "upright elastic" members in" said corset inembertor maintainingthe corset againstthe body ot the wearer, lan' abdomi- .j I

nal' supporter" inside ofv sai d corset member, narrow members `passing through said ropenings and joined to the rear* edge of said supporter, `said, narrow inembers extending` around to the lbaclr of the corset, a back sup porting member secured to thev rear edges ot said narrow` members and capable of horizontal movement duringthe adjustment' thereof and straps secured to the rear edges 'of said back supportingmembers andof suiiicient length to be passed around the back, sides i" and abdomen ofthe wearer foraiding the support of theabdomen. I i

, 2.` The combination with" corset having openings therein, and having upright elastic sections serving as se'lfconstricting" means` for `said corset, of]abdominalf"supporting means.` arranged insidefof saidcorset," back supportingr meansarranged outside` of said corset, and `horizontally adjustable-` from a point atthe sidesto a point` at` themiddl'e of the back of said corset,meansj"passing through f'said openings v connecting said ,ab`

dominal supporting andsaid baclrsupportling means, and straps""securedto said"`back supporting means. adapted to be fastened place independently" of said corset:` and in said corset for adjustingfthe `"position and the pressure onthe bodyl of the wearer of said back supporting and` said abdominal supporting ,means, andifor aiding` inthe supportot fthefbackfsides andabdomenof theavearer. j j j 3. A combined `abdominal supporter'and `corset adapted to be arranged inf place by an enveloping Amovemerllt i about the body7 of the wearer feon'iprising a pairof detachably" connected `abdominal supporting sections, arranged inside of rsaid corset,cooperat1ng members at the frontedges `of saidsections corset together, connections securedV to the tachablyfsecuring the front edges' of said f rear "edges of saidv abdominal supporting"` lsections passing through said `openings to the exterior of `said corset membersjback supporting sectionsat the-rear "ends of said connections,v `said rback" supportingl4 sections being independent of said corset and arranged for substantial horizontal adjustment, and a pair of straps wholly on the outside of said corsetand free thereof, each secured to the rear edge of one of said back supporting members and each of suiicient length to pass across the back of the corset to meet the frontof the corset underneath the abdomen, and a buckle on one of said straps for securing said straps together in adjusted position.

4. In combination with a corset having openings at the sides thereof, and open at the front thereof, means for removably fastening the front edges of said corset together, means for relatively adjusting the rear edges of said corset, a. pair of separate abdominal supporting sections arranged inside of said corset, quickly detachable and connectable, cooperating fasteners on the front edges of each of said sections, substantially rectangular backsupporting members arranged outside of said corset at the back thereof, and adjustable from a point atV the sides and extending to the middle of the back of said corset, tapes passing through the side openings of the corset and connecting said back supporting members and said abdominal supporting sections together, and a pair of straps independent of and movable bodily relatively to said corset and each of sulicient length to pass across the back of said corset to the front thereof, for adjusting said back supporting sections, and said abdominal supporting sections, each of said straps being secured to the rear edge of one of said back supporting sections.

EPHRAIM DRENSHTEIN. 

